Daily Herald's Week in Photos
Jon Arie, playing Scrooge, and Stevie Calabrese as the Ghost of Christmas Past wander along the Holiday Walk on Main Street in downtown Wauconda celebrating the Christmas season.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Romina Vizcarra, 8, struggles to get out of her wrapped gift box costume at Sundays Merry Cary Holiday Parade in downtown Cary. Her mother Rosa helped her out of the box.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Keegan Brennen, 2, wears his Christmas hat as he jumps and screams for candy at Sundays Merry Cary Holiday Parade in downtown Cary. He was with his mom Lisa of Cary.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Santa waves to the families waiting for him at Schaumburg Regional Airports hangar Sunday morning after flying in on ABC 7s helicopter.
Rena Naltsas /rnaltsas@dailyherald.com
Michael Goolish, 1, from Schaumburg plays with his eating utensils during breakfast while waiting for Santas arrival at Schaumburg Regional Airport Sunday morning.
Rena Naltsas /rnaltsas@dailyherald.com
Katherine Kuzas, 10, of Chicago hangs ornaments on the Tree of Lights Sunday in a memory of her grandpa Opa at Cantigny Park in Winfield.
Tanit Jarusan/tjarusan@dailyherald.com
Vera Indelli thinks about her answer as she speaks with Santa Claus at the Messenger Public Librarys annual Holiday Open House Sunday in North Aurora Sunday. She was with her dad Bill of North Aurora. A balloon artist, a face-painter and other activities rounded out the day.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Henry Myers, 14, inspects Russian Christmas babushka nesting doll decorations Sunday at the Elgin Public Museums Touching on Traditions exhibit. The exhibit features more than 50 displays of holiday significance from countries around the globe. Henry was with his dad Art and brother Andy. He was at the museum to gather information for a school project. The holiday exhibit will be shown every day starting Dec. 18 until the end of the month.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Anita Devalk of Itasca and her children Evan, 6, and Emma, 10, work on marshmallows during the Itasca Block Party Sunday along Maple Street in Itasca.
Tanit Jarusan/tjarusan@dailyherald.com
Marie Duetschmann of Grace Lutheran Church sings to the song Footloose as she packs bags of food at the Feed My Starving Children event Sunday at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake. Holy Cross Lutheran Church of Libertyville sponsored the event which hoped to pack a million meals over the weekend to distribute globally.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Dale Blau, the oldest living resident born in Lake Zurich, talks to Roger L. Knigge during the Ela Historical Society Open House Sunday in Lake Zurich.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Megan Urrea of Naperville fights the cold Monday as she walks down Jefferson Avenue in downtown Naperville during her lunch break.
Tanit Jarusan/tjarusan@dailyherald.com
Dan Cronin acknowledges the applause after he is sworn in as the new DuPage County Board Chairman in Wheaton on Monday.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Aaron Ketchmark, 6, of Kouts, Indiana watches as rice is poured into a bag. Aaron was attending a birthday party for his cousin Cameron Tonkery of Hainesville who celebrated his eleventh birthday by having his party at the Feed My Starving Children event at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Party goers spent time packaging meals to be sent to starving children around the world.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Mundeleins annual village holiday tree lighting ceremony ended with a five-minute fireworks display above the 30-foot spruce tree at Kracklauer Park on Friday, December 3.
George LeClaire/gleclaire@dailyherald.com
Round Lake Beach police officer Steve Sandacz watches as five-year-old Anthony Branch of Round Lake Beach tries on a winter coat as needy children were met by police officers and escorted through the Wal-Mart store to shop for Christmas presents Monday. This year because of generous donations, the Village of Round Lake Beach had 60 kids participate in the program.
Steve Lundy@dailyherald.com
Kunwar Mehta, 4, smiles and says it tickles! as he gets painted by teacher Lori Mehan to put his handprint on some reindeer art at Pottawatomie preschool in St. Charles Monday. The preschool program is having an open house January 15th for interested parents and kids.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Three-year-old Grace Haase reacts as she sees Santa Claus while her pug Guapo seems less interested as they wait their turn in line Monday evening at the Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee. The mall is welcoming pet owners again to have their photo taken with Santa on Monday the 13th, 6-9 pm. The Haase family is from Crystal Lake.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
A lone Canada goose the only thing of any color as it sits among a sea of snow at Melas Park in Mt. Prospect.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Hailey Casperson, 9, of Itasca looks at one of the 12 decorated trees on display during the Santa Comes to Town Christmas program at Itasca community Library Tuesday.
PAUL MICHNA/Pmichna@dailyherald.com
Four-year-old Kathryn Danosky of Batavia listens intently to a reading of Snowmen at Christmas during holiday story time at the Batavia Library Wednesday.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Mike Martin of Batavia, left, and Jack Lapice of Romeoville use an underwater camera to locat the edge of the weed bed for the best ice fishing on Silver Lake in Blackwell Forest Preserve in Warrenville on Wednesday. Ice fishing has begun this week after the areas recent cold temperatures. The ice is currently about 4 inches thick.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Eric Eiler, with the Stevenson High School National Honor Society, unloads toys that the school collected this past week as volunteers at Catholic Charities Lake County collect, sort, and distribute toys and clothes Wednesday at a storage facility in Waukegan. Catholic Charities hopes to deliver gifts to over 12,000 individuals for the holiday season. Sailors from Great Lakes Naval Base helped unload the gifts.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
Former gang member James Lilly speaks to the students at Carpentersville Middle School Thursday afternoon about turning his life around. Lilly became paralyzed from the waist down after a gang shooting.
Rena Naltsas /rnaltsas@dailyherald.com
Vernon Hills High School senior Ariana Campos cuddles with service dog Lida as the Interact Club held their fourth-annual holiday doggie bake sale Thursday at the school. All the proceeds go to benefit Canine Companions for Independence who had several service dogs on hand for students to pet.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Lombard firefighter/paramedic Josh Hays picks up toys from Pleasant Lane Elementary in Lombard. Left to right are student council members Thomas Batka, Josilin Johnson, Alexis Weltin, and Avyn Alairys helping bring out the toys. The toys will be taken in the toy parade on Saturday to Yorktown Center, where they will then be part of the toy drive. I think its going to a good cause, said fifth-grader Joslin Johnson, president of the student council. All members of the student council agreed its better to give the toys to charity, then having them sit around at home unused. The school collected over 100 books and toys for the drive this year.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Chicago Cubs great and broadcaster Ron Santos funeral procession pauses in front of Wrigley Field Friday.
JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
John Ogan, 4, of Warrenville keeps warm by the fire while waiting for Santa to show during Holly Days in Warrenville Friday.
PAUL MICHNA/Pmichna@dailyherald.com
Two-year-old Cameron Ziegler of Geneva leans his head back while being held up by his mom Jody to look at the lights on the Geneva Christmas tree during the annual holiday festivities.
Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com
Jessica Sanchez, 5, of Addison shows off her ornament to her mother Maria Friday in Addison. I came to see Santa and to bring my girls, Maria said. Pictures with Santa, ornament making and games were available for children of all ages.
Suzanne Caraker/scaraker@dailyherald.com
Six-year-old Sydney Warford of Elburn passes her wish list on to Santa as he visits the Town and Country Library in Elburn Friday, December 3.
Brian Hill/bhill@dailyherald.com
Santa arrives via fire truck to the Des Plaines Christmas Tree Lighting Street Fest at Metropolitan Square.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Three-year-old Sean Halpin seems a bit intimidated by the large Christmas tree hes helping to decorate for St. Zacharys parish during the Des Plaines Christmas tree lighting street fest at Metropolitan Square.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com